is void* dangerous ?

This is a discussion on is void* dangerous ? within the C++ Programming forums, part of the General Programming Boards category; my book said a pointer like that could convert into some other data type. Thus it should be popular but ...

that is true of all pointers who have been cast in strange ways. void * is no different but that doesn't make the use of void * wrong. You just have to learn what makes miscasts dangerous by trial and error mostly. Have fun, "you've taken your first step to a larger world"